BLACKFOOT — With the Valentine's Day school shooting in Florida that resulted in 17 deaths still fresh in everyone's mind, Blackfoot School District 55 has taken the unprecedented step of shutting down all of its schools in the wake of a threat incident at Blackfoot High School that at first seemed unfounded.

After Blackfoot police reported Wednesday afternoon that a 14-year-old boy had been taken into custody for threatening he would commit a school shooting at Blackfoot High School, the School District issued a press release late Wednesday night that all classes at all of the district's schools would be cancelled on Thursday.

The School District said "new information that warrants further investigation" has been received by district officials and police, prompting the closure all of the district's schools.

Here is the full text of the School District's press release: "The Blackfoot School District is sharing some information to help clarify an incident that occurred on the high school campus today. Blackfoot High School administration and the school resource officer were alerted to a possible threat at the school. The staff addressed the concern immediately and appropriately. At no time were weapons or ammunition found at the school. The incident was investigated by the administration and local law enforcement. It was determined that no further threat existed at that time. Unfortunately, the school administration and local law enforcement have received new information that warrants further investigation. Therefore, in the best interest of the safety of our students and staff, the Blackfoot School District will not hold any classes tomorrow, March 1, 2018. All schools, district-wide are cancelled Thursday, March 1."

On Wednesday afternoon, Blackfoot police issued this press release about the boy being taken into custody: "On Feb. 28, 2018 at approximately 12:30 pm, the School Resource Officer at Blackfoot High School received a report of a student making threats of a school shooting. An investigation was conducted and after considering this a criminal threat, officers with the Blackfoot Police Department took into custody a juvenile male, 14 years of age, for the charge of threatening violence on school grounds. The family of the student was notified and has been cooperative with law enforcement. It was then determined that the student does not have access to firearms. No further information will be released on this incident."

The unprecedented step by the Blackfoot School District to shut down all of the district's schools on Thursday comes on the heels of not only the massacre at the school in Florida, but also school and/or student threat incidents occurring in Aberdeen, Twin Falls, Wendell, Challis, Gooding and at multiple schools in Minidoka and Cassia counties during the past several days.

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